List of equipment of the Botswana Ground Force explained

This is a list of the equipment used by the Botswana Ground Force.

Small arms

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Pistols
Browning Hi-Power[1] 9×19mmSemi-automatic pistol
Submachine guns
Sten[2] 9×19mmSubmachine gun
Sterling[3] 9×19mmSubmachine gun
Uzi[4] 9×19mmSubmachine gun
Rifles
AKM[5] 7.62×39mmAssault rifle
IMI Galil[6] 5.56×45mmAssault rifle
M16[7] 5.56×45mmAssault rifle
ArmaLite AR-185.56×45mmAssault rifle
Colt Canada C7[8] 5.56×45mmAssault rifle
FN SCAR[9] 5.56×45mmAssault rifle
SA805.56×45mmBullpup Assault rifle
SAR-21[10] 5.56×45mmBullpup Assault rifle
FN FAL[11] 7.62×51mmBattle rifle
Heckler & Koch G3[12] 7.62×51mmBattle rifle
Machine guns
Bren7.62×51mmLight machine gun
Browning M1919[13] 7.62×51mmMedium machine gun
FN MAG[14] 7.62×51mmGeneral-purpose machine gun
Browning M2[15] .50 BMGHeavy machine gun
Rocket propelled grenade launchers
RPG-7[16] 40mmRocket-propelled grenade

Anti-tank weapons

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Carl Gustav[17] Recoilless rifle84mm
MILAN[18] Anti-tank missile
BGM-71 TOW[19] Anti-tank missile

Tanks

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SK-105 Kürassier20[20]
FV101 Scorpion25[21]

Armoured Cars

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Panhard VBL64[22]

Armored personnel carriers

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BTR-60Armored personnel carrier50[23]
FV103 SpartanArmored personnel carrier6[24]
Cadillac Gage CommandoArmored personnel carrier14[25]
Mowag Piranha IIICArmored personnel carrier45Ordered in 2002, in service from 2003 [26]

Reconnaissance

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RAM MK3Armored Car8[27]
Mowag Piranha IIIArmored fighting vehicle45[28] [29]

Utility vehicles

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ACMATUtility vehicle150[30]
RMMV TG MILUtility truck
200[31]

Engineering Vehicles

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M578 LRVArmored recovery vehicleUnknown[32]
SB-20 GreifArmored recovery vehicleUnknown[33]

Demining vehicles

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Aardvark JSFUDemining vehicleUnknown[34]

Artillery

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Self-propelled artillery
ATMOS 2000Self-propelled artillery12[35]
Rocket artillery
APRA-40Multiple rocket launcher
20[36]
Field artillery
Soltam M-71Howitzer18[37]
L118Howitzer12[38]
OTO Melara Mod 56Howitzer6[39]

Air defence systems

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M167 VADSRotary cannon7[40]
MICA (missile)Surface-to-air missileUnknown[41]
JavelinSurface-to-air missile[42] 5 launchers.
9K32 Strela-2MANPADS[43]
9K38 IglaMANPADS[44]

River-wing equipment

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